Ty. One additional interesting Civil War factoid relative to TONA XIII “missing Amendment” disputed as fully ratified is that when the 11 Confederate states seceded, that put the “ratification percentage” of the remaining states over 3/4; Automatically Re-ratifying it fully by my count. I believe this is the reason for the flurry of “New State Constitutions” done just after Civil War (attempt to remove all evidence) and the 1871 Organic Act making DC a Extra Constitutional political entity, theoretically not subject to TONA XIII.
However state officials still subject to it 1871-1933; and this was attempted to be nullified 1933-1938 in states by replacement of Const Law with Corp Law (UCC) in violation of Article IV, Section 4 (Union state guarantees).
What a great post. Thx for the research, fren!
Ty. One additional interesting Civil War factoid relative to TONA XIII “missing Amendment” disputed as fully ratified is that when the 11 Confederate states seceded, that put the “ratification percentage” of the remaining states over 3/4; Automatically Re-ratifying it fully by my count. I believe this is the reason for the flurry of “New State Constitutions” done just after Civil War (attempt to remove all evidence) and the 1871 Organic Act making DC a Extra Constitutional political entity, theoretically not subject to TONA XIII.
However state officials still subject to it 1871-1933; and this was attempted to be nullified 1933-1938 in states by replacement of Const Law with Corp Law (UCC) in violation of Article IV, Section 4 (Union state guarantees).